Vocabulary Roots

Vocabulary Roots

 

Root __________________________ Meaning ___________________ Examples

audi _______________________________ hear ___________________________ audition, audience

 

capit,caput __________________________ head ___________________________ cap, capital

cor, cord,car _________________________ heart ___________________________ coronary, cardiologist

corpus, corpor _______________________ body ___________________________ corpse, corporeal

dic, dict _____________________________ say ____________________________ dictate, dictator

dors _______________________________ back ____________________________ dorsal

 

homo ______________________________ man ____________________________ human, homo sapiens

 

lingu _______________________________ language,tongue __________________ lingual, linguistics

loqu, locu ___________________________ speak ___________________________ elocution, soliloquy

luna _______________________________ moon ___________________________ lunar

 

manu ______________________________ hand____________________________ manual

 

omni ______________________________ all ______________________________ omniscient, omnipresent

 

pes, ped ___________________________ foot _____________________________ pedal, pedestrian

 

sci _______________________________ know,knowledge ___________________ science, omniscient

simul,simil,sembl ____________________ same,alike ________________________ similar, resemblance

sider _____________________________ star ______________________________ sidereal

solo, soli __________________________ sun ______________________________ solar

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spec _____________________________ look,view__________________________ spectator, speculation

sono _____________________________ sound ____________________________ sonic

stell, stella _________________________ star _____________________________ stellar, constellation

 

ventr ____________________________ belly,abdomen _____________________ ventral

verb ____________________________ word _____________________________ verbal, verb, verbatim

vid, vis __________________________ see _______________________________ video, vision,

vir ______________________________ man _____________________________ virile, virility

voc _____________________________ call ______________________________ vocal, vocation

Greek

ROOT __________________________ MEANING ________________________ EXAMPLES

anthropo ________________________ man ______________________________ anthropology,

arch, arche _______________________ old, ancient ________________________ archeology

arch, archy _______________________ rule, ruler _________________________ anarchy, oligarchy,

astra, aster _______________________ star _______________________________ astronomy, astronaut

auto ____________________________ self _______________________________ autocrat, automobile,

 

biblio ___________________________ book ______________________________ bible, bibliography

bios, bio, biot _____________________ life _______________________________ biosphere, biology

 

chrom, chrome ___________________ color _____________________________ chromatic, chromosome

chron __________________________ time ______________________________ chronology, chronological

cine, kine _______________________ motion ____________________________ cinema, kinetic

cosmo _________________________ world _____________________________ cosmic, cosmology

crat, cracy ______________________ rule _______________________________ autocrat, democrat

 

demo __________________________ people ____________________________ democrat, democracy,

derm __________________________ skin ______________________________ dermal, dermatology

dyn, dyno ______________________ power ____________________________ dynamic, dynamism

 

ethno __________________________ nation, culture _____________________ ethnology, ethnic

 

gam, gamy _____________________ marriage __________________________ bigamy, polygamy

geo ___________________________ earth _____________________________ geology

gram, graph, graphy ______________ write ____________________________ diagram, gramophone

gyn, gynec _____________________ women___________________________ gynecology, misogyny

 

helico _________________________ spiral_____________________________ helicopter

helio __________________________ sun ______________________________ helium, heliocentric

hydra, hydro ___________________ water _____________________________ hydrant, hydrophobia,

 

iso ____________________________ equal, same ________________________ isotope

 

lith, litho _______________________ stone _____________________________ lithograph

logy __________________________ study _____________________________ geology, biology,

 

macro _________________________ large _____________________________ macrocosm

mania _________________________ madness __________________________ mania, manic, maniac

megalo, mega ___________________ big, enlarged ______________________ megaphone, megalopolis,

meso, med _____________________ middle ___________________________ mesograph, medium,

meter, metr ____________________ measure __________________________ metric, meter

micro _________________________ small ____________________________ microscope, microcosm

miso __________________________ hate _____________________________ misanthropist,

morph ________________________ form _____________________________ morphology,

 

neo ___________________________ new _____________________________ neophyte, neoclassic

 

pan, panto ______________________ all _____________________________ panorama, panacea

path, pathy _____________________ feeling __________________________ pathetic, apathy

ped ___________________________ child ____________________________ pedantic

petr, petro _____________________ rock ____________________________ petroleum, petrify

phil ___________________________ love ____________________________ philosophy

phobe _________________________ fear ____________________________ phobia, homophobia

phon __________________________ sound __________________________ phone, phonetic

photo _________________________ light ____________________________ photography

phys __________________________ nature __________________________ physical, physics

pluto _________________________ wealth ___________________________ plutocrat, plutocracy

pod __________________________ foot _____________________________ podiatry, podiatrist

polis __________________________ city _____________________________ metropolis, politics

psyche ________________________ soul, spirit, mind ___________________ psychology, psychiatry,

 

scope _________________________ view ____________________________ scope, telescope

soma _________________________ body ____________________________ somatic, chromosome

stat ___________________________ stand ___________________________ static, stationary

 

techn _________________________ skill, art __________________________ technology, technical

tele ___________________________ distance _________________________ telephone, telegram

theo __________________________ god _____________________________ theology, atheist

therap _________________________ cure ____________________________ therapy, therapeutic

therm _________________________ heat _____________________________ thermal, thermometer

 

Numbers

 

Latin _______________________________ Greek _________________________________ ENGLISH

Uni ___________________________ proto ____________________________ one

bi, bin, bis ______________________ deutero __________________________ two

tri ____________________________ tri _______________________________ three

quadra, quatra __________________ tetra _____________________________ four

quin, quinque ___________________ penta ____________________________ five

 

 

 

 

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